Verizon (NYSE: VZ) store sale puts investor focus on execution over retail presence
Verizon Communications is set to hit its three-year minimum of 1,000 company-owned stores following the sale. The deal is scheduled to close on August 16.
AT&T (NYSE:T) 12% free-cash-flow yield draws fire as Starlink tests pricing
AT&T Inc. closed at $21.30 Tuesday. Shares are up 0.8% over two days, even as Bernstein cut its price target 17% on Starlink risks. The company has a market cap close to $150 billion. AT&T’s latest outlook calls for at least $18 billion in free cash flow in 2026, which works out to about a 12% free-cash-flow yield and covers the current dividend around 2.3 times. Most of that is from the discount.
Dow Jones Today After the Bell: 136-Point Loss Masks a Nasdaq Slide More Than Five Times as Deep
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 136.25 points, or 0.26%, at 52,500.76 on Monday after renewed U.S.-Iran fighting pushed oil higher and revived inflation concerns. The S&P 500 fell 0.68% to 7,523.79, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 1.41% to 25,911.51 as technology and memory-chip shares led the retreat.
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) Stock’s 6.7% Yield Is Tempting — But This One Number Decides the Next Move
With U.S. markets shut on Sunday, the key question for Verizon Communications Inc. is whether its 6.72% dividend yield now pays investors enough for the stock’s widening gap with faster-growing peers. For now, only partly. Verizon closed Friday at $42.12; adding the $0.7075 dividend that Friday buyers were no longer entitled to, its shareholder return for the July 6-10 week was about 0.6%. That cushioned a raw 1.0% price fall, but Verizon still trailed AT&T Inc., at about 4.0% including its dividend, T-Mobile US Inc., at 5.7%, and the S&P 500’s 1.2% gain. Investors paid more for growth and competitive confidence than for income alone.
AT&T Stock’s Dividend Masks 4% Weekly Move; What’s Next
AT&T Inc. posted a 4.0% total return for the week ending Friday, calculated from the July 2 close, even with just a 2.7% climb in its unadjusted share price. The difference came from a $0.2775 quarterly dividend that went ex-div on July 10. AT&T’s 0.4% one-day Friday move works out closer to 1.75% for shareholders getting that payout. U.S. cash equity markets are closed Sunday.
AT&T’s (NYSE:T) stock jump hides a $2.3 billion cash boost
AT&T Inc. traded up 0.6% to $21.17 as of 2:54 p.m. EDT on Friday. The move understates what investors who owned shares before the stock’s ex-dividend date saw. Add in the 27.75-cent dividend those holders picked up, and the one-day total return comes out to about 1.9%. Buyers on Friday did not qualify for the payment.
Verizon (VZ) draws outsized selling as Dow laggard
U.S. stock markets were closed Friday, July 3, for Independence Day. For Verizon Communications Inc., Thursday marked the last cash-market close. The NYSE shows July 3 as the observed 2026 Independence Day holiday.
AT&T sinks for fourth straight day, yield spikes as SpaceX worry hits shares
AT&T Inc. starts the week cut down by sharper investor worries. The stock dropped hard and traded on heavy volume. Shares finished Thursday at $20.58, off 9.4% since June 26. That’s just $0.69 above the week’s low of $19.89, which hit a new 52-week bottom for the stock in some data screens.
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) trades lower as Starlink selloff overshadows July dividend
U.S. stock markets are closed Friday, July 3, for the Independence Day holiday, leaving Verizon Communications Inc. with no new trading as it heads into the long weekend. Income investors face a big question: is the 6% yield enough while new threats from SpaceX can erase several quarters of dividends in a week? The NYSE calls Friday a 2026 holiday. Verizon last traded at $42.56 as of Thursday’s close, up 1.36% that day but 8.55% lower over five days.
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) swings as investors eye dividend risk
Verizon Communications Inc. shares slipped Thursday as investors reacted to renewed fears about competition from satellite and cable, a risk not included in the dividend yield.
Dow outpaces S&P 500 after weak jobs data; record close in sight
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 435.10 points, or 0.83%, to 52,740.34 as of 10:51 a.m. EDT on Thursday, leading U.S. stocks higher. The blue-chip index moved in a range between 52,395.22 and 52,805.12, topping both its prior close of 52,305.24 and the record close of 52,319.20 from Tuesday. The S&P 500 rose 0.24% at that time, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.21%.
AT&T faces $15.7 billion SpaceX hit as stock selloff weighs on dividend plans
AT&T Inc. traded lower before Thursday’s open, with shares at $20.48, down $0.205, or 1.0%, in premarket action. The move comes as SpaceX’s push has investors reassessing U.S. telecom risk. The core NYSE session will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET on regular trading days, though July 3 is counted as the Independence Day observed holiday.
Verizon faces SpaceX-driven selloff after Dow exit, 12% cash-flow yield tested
Verizon Communications Inc. last changed hands at $41.99, off 0.8%. Traders treated the slow-growth dividend play as if it had fresh tech risk this week. Verizon’s market cap stood at $176.8 billion, with shares moving from $41.51 to $42.77 Wednesday.
Dow Jones closes down 437 points, short of 20th record high close for 2026
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 13.96 points on Wednesday. The drop came after an earlier gain that saw it hit 52,742.66, but the Dow lost steam, slipping 437.42 points from that intraday high. It settled at 52,305.24, missing out on what would have been its 20th record close of 2026. In the last 30 minutes, the index needed just a small gain to get to that milestone.
AT&T shares dip; SpaceX pressure raises yield concerns
AT&T Inc. dropped on Wednesday as T-Mobile US Inc. gained. The moves show investors are zeroing in on AT&T’s cash strength and dividend, especially if satellite-powered mobile rivals force down wireless prices in the U.S.
AT&T (NYSE:T) slide presses on dividend as Russell exit, Starlink risk stack up
U.S. equities were trading during regular hours. The NYSE's core session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Its next full holiday is set for July 3, 2026, for Independence Day.
Dow Jones live today: Two-stock lift masks weak breadth after record close
The New York Stock Exchange was in a normal Tuesday session. Its core session runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, and its next full holiday close is Friday, July 3, for Independence Day observed.
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) sinks as 6.4% yield and BT move come up against Starlink
Verizon Communications Inc. started trading Tuesday in New York with investors focusing more on the company’s competitive risk than on its international deal with BT Group Plc.
US stocks edge lower after hours as ETF tape slows following Dow record, Nasdaq rise
U.S. stock-index ETFs edged lower in late trading Monday, pulling back after a session where the Dow finished at a record and the Nasdaq jumped over 2%. Regular session gains leaned on tech, index reshuffling, and quarter-end flows, but after-hours moves showed little follow-through.
Nasdaq bounce hides thin megacap recovery as US stocks end
U.S. stocks climbed Monday, but the close didn’t fully back up the day’s upbeat numbers. The Nasdaq led gains, S&P 500 rose over 1%, and the Dow crossed 52,000. Even so, there weren’t many fresh highs and breadth stayed moderate. The move seemed more about big-cap names bouncing than a real broad rally heading into the end of the quarter.